Removing and installing turbocharger, engine codes BMS, BWB — VW
Removing and installing turbocharger, engine codes BMS, BWB on VW: 16 steps, engines AMF, BAY, BMS, BNM.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Polo 9N (2001–2009)
- Renewed: turbocharger, seal
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- Secure steering box to body of vehicle so that hydraulic lines are not stressed.
- Specified torque for pendulum support .
📋 Procedure
- ⚠ When a mechanical fault is found on the turbocharger, e.g. a destroyed compressor impeller, it is not only sufficient to renew the turbocharger. To prevent this from causing further damage, perform the following repairs:Check air filter housing, air filter element and intake hoses for soiling.Check complete charged air routing and charge air cooler for foreign objects.If foreign objects are found in the charge air system, the charged air routing must be cleaned and the charge air cooler must be renewed, if necessary. — Remove engine cover panel 15.1.
- Remove intake hose .
- Remove connecting pipe from cylinder block and disconnect connecting hose from turbocharger and intake manifold.
- Remove noise insulation tray General body repairs, exterior50.
- Remove securing bolts (1) and remove cover (2) from cylinder block for right drive shaft.
- Unscrew right drive shaft from gearbox Running gear, axles, steering40.
- Unscrew steering from subframe.
- Remove subframe, the hydraulic steering circuit need not be opened for this Running gear, axles, steering40. [Note: Secure steering box to body of vehicle so that hydraulic lines are not stressed.]
- Remove front exhaust pipe together with diesel particulate filter .
- Remove turbocharger support .
- Pull vacuum hose off turbocharger.
- Unbolt oil supply pipe from turbocharger.
- Remove connecting pipe to exhaust gas recirculation cooler .
- Unscrew securing bolts for exhaust manifold .
- Tilt the engine forwards in lower mounting and remove turbocharger with exhaust manifold downwards.
- Renew seal , gaskets and , and O-rings . [Note: Specified torque for pendulum support .]
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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